Re: Again, Solaris or Linux for RAC

From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:55:45 +0100
Message-ID: <5on371Fnl225U1@mid.individual.net>

On 29.10.2007 16:26, DA Morgan wrote:
> Matthias Hoys wrote:

>>> For the most part this is not true if you have the same CPU, same bus >>> speed, etc.

You can never have the same CPU in a PC (aka Intel architecture) and a Sparc machine. What am I missing here?

>>> What is often the case is that desktop PCs have a 133MHz bus while the
>>> server motherboards are 266MHz or higher.
>>> -- 
>>
>> Are you talking about the PCI bus speed or the front-side bus ? Most 
>> modern PC's (for example Intel Core 2 Duo) have much higher front-side 
>> bus speeds, ranging between 533 and 1066 and even 1333 MHz.
>>
>> Matthias

>
> PCI ... but it holds true throughout the architecture. Server boards can
> often do what desktop boards can not. You would have a very hard time
> finding a desktop board, for example, that would know what to do with a
> 4GB HBA card.

Sorry, Daniel I'm not getting you here either: with "server board" are you referring to "PC server boards" or "Sparc machines"?

Somehow I get the impression we are talking past each other: I contrasted Intel PC with Sparc machine and questioned the superiority of Sparc machines with regard to throughput (IO) but I fail to match your reply...

Kind regards

robert Received on Mon Oct 29 2007 - 16:55:45 CDT